1973 World Sambo Championships
Sambo competitions
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The 1973 World Sambo Championships were held in Tehran, Iran on September 6–11. It was the first World Sambo Championships.[1][2][3] The participating teams were from Bulgaria, Mongolia, Iran, Spain, Japan, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia, etc. For the first time World Sambo Championships was part of the FILA World Wrestling Championships (1975 and 1983 editions also included Sambo contest.)[4][5][6]
Team ranking
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union | |
| 2 |  Mongolia | |
| 3 |  Iran | |
| 4 |  Bulgaria | |
| 5 |  United States | |
| 6 |  Japan |
Medal overview
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Gennady Georgadze Soviet Union | Habib Fattahi Iran | Tuxiintor Mongolia |
| 52 kg | Aleksey Shor Soviet Union | Munkhiin Puntsag Mongolia | Jung God Kim South Korea |
| 57 kg | Mikhail Yunak Soviet Union | Tutzhlun Mongolia | Parvan Parvanov Bulgaria |
| 62 kg | Tzharang Mongolia | Nikolay Kozitsky Soviet Union | David Pruzansky United States |
| 68 kg | David Rudman Soviet Union | Pavlikov Bulgaria | Obzhirbal Mongolia |
| 74 kg | Aleksandr Fedorov Soviet Union | Gandolgoryn Batsükh Mongolia | Ali Effati Iran |
| 82 kg | Česlovas Jezerskas Soviet Union | Slavko Obadov Yugoslavia | Wogronch Mongolia |
| 90 kg | Levan Tediashvili Soviet Union | Hoshino Japan | Doktorov Bulgaria |
| 100 kg | Nikolay Danilov Soviet Union | Seifollah Javaheri Iran | Burke Deadrich United States |
| +100 kg | Vladimir Klivodenko Soviet Union | Juan Barbuzano Martín Spain | Koprivlensky Bulgaria |
